OK. I'm 68 years old and had no opinion about Taylor (other than a feeling that too many teenage girls were fans and how good could that be?). I bought Ryan Adams album "1989" which was his version of her album of the same name. I thought it was excellent. My wife liked it too and decided to buy some Taylor CDs--starting with "1989". Well---I can't say I would buy her albums on my own but I have to say that she has a great knack for pop melodies and is clearly a very good lyricist. The complaint of too many break up songs is legitimate but they do speak to her genuineness and vulnerability which connects especially well with girls and women. In fact, I do enjoy her albums when the wife plays them and they are very well produced and engineered. I think that might make me a Swiftie. Oh well, so be it.
